As soon as her father walked her into the ballroom, a sudden flush of goosebumps raced across Ari’s skin as if it had been lifeless before, and now it had total awareness. Her eyes immediately darted around the room as anxiety flooded her stomach. And like a moth, she was drawn to his flame. Once their eyes locked, the tattoo on her neck pulsed, causing an additional shiver to feather over her shoulders.
When her breath caught in her throat, Jon looked down at her and noticed the dazed expression on her face. He patted her hand that was looped in the crook of his arm as they continued to walk across the expansive, wooden floor. Leaning in against her head, he whispering into her hair. “What you are feeling is the other supernatural beings in the room,” he had misinterpreted her gasp. “It’
